A $10,000 reward is being offered for information in a Montgomery shooting that paralyzed a woman after she was caught in crossfire.
The shooting happened about 1 p.m. Friday, April 12, leaving Amy Dicks paralyzed from the chest down.
According to social media posts by Dicks and her family, Dicks had just dropped off her husband at a car dealership to pick up his truck from being serviced.
Dicks, a wife and mother, was driving in the 5500 block of Atlanta Highway when she stopped at a red light and shots rang out.
“All of the sudden, I heard multiple gunshots, seemed like thousands,’’ Dicks said in a Facebook post. “I ducked my head trying to look around to see if I could tell what was going on.”
“It was so weird because there were so many and out of nowhere and it caught me off guard,’’ she wrote.
Amy Dicks, 43, was shot and parayzed when she was caught in crossfire in Montgomery on April 12, 2024.(Contributed)
“Then that’s when it happened, a bullet entered my driver’s window, pierced my should, went through my side, hit a rib, my lug and then severed my spinal court,’’ Dicks wrote.
“As my body convulsed and everything was in slow motion, I knew I wasn’t going to make it.”
She wrote that she called her husband and her mother and told them she loved them.
Dicks underwent surgery to remove the bullet but remains paralyzed.
This week, she was moved to Sheperd Center in Atlanta, which specializes in spinal cord and brain rehabilitation.
The shooting has outraged Dicks friends, family, and the community.
Last week, they attended a Montgomery City Council meeting to speak out against the violence in the city.
Multiple fundraisers are ongoing, and a Facebook group dedicated to Dicks now has more than 4,000 members.
On Wednesday, Central Alabama Crime Stoppers announced the $10,000 reward for information that leads to the identity of the suspect. Crime Stoppers is offering $5,000, and Montgomery County District 3 Commission Rhonda Walker matched with an additional $5,000.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 334-215-STOP (7867) or 1-833-AL1-STOP (251-7867). Tips can also be submitted via the P3-tips app.